If you say that someone is ~, you mean that they are afraid to take action or oppose people when they should.
...bureaucrats and ~ politicians.
ADJ disapproval
If you say that someone is ~, you mean that they are afraid to take action or oppose people when they should.
...bureaucrats and ~ politicians.
ADJ disapproval
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012